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Most crisis phones on bridge out of order as crews searched river
1 min ago“[The phone] offers a connection,” said Greg Marley, clinical director for National Association on Mental Illness of Maine. “A suicidal crisis usually lasts a short time. And helping someone through those darkest hours can save a life.”
How Trump’s threats have struck fear in a Portland immigrant trying to make good
1 min ago“So many people just have this mindset that if someone is an illegal immigrant they’ve done something bad. Instead of making assumptions, [I wanted them to] hear the story from someone who’s lived it.”
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Incoming UMaine goaltender selected in 4th round by Boston Bruins in NHL draft
5 mins agoJeremy Swayman, who will be a freshman for coach Red Gendron’s club this fall, was selected in the fourth round by the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League draft on Saturday.
Opinion
EDITORIALS
Smoking has become a habit of the poor, raising the importance of public health work in Maine
There’s good news about smoking rates in Maine and the U.S. Overall, they have dropped significantly over recent decades. Except among the poor.
The Point
The Point
Rural America’s population is aging and shrinking
Americans in rural areas and small towns see the world a lot differently from those living in and around cities.
Homestead
Homestead
LGBT farmers find opportunity, adversity in rural Maine
In small, rural Maine towns, social change has been slower to take hold. That’s not an accident, according to sociologist Isaac Leslie, who studies queer farming and rural heterosexism. He said the mainstream LGBT movement of the past half-century has been far too focused on cities.
Business
You’re hired, Trump tells 5 million future apprentices
Employers have complained for years that the nation doesn’t have enough skilled workers to fill the jobs of an increasingly technical workforce.
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Bangor computer program helps seniors surf the web safely and stay connected
“It’s not that I’m brand new to computers, but I only ever used it at work and never for myself. I get the devil all the time because I’m not on Facebook yet.”
Contests & Quizzes
Quiz
Quiz: Can you predict Maine weather based on signs in nature?
You don’t need a weather app or television to know what the weather will be.
Crime & Courts
- Hundreds turn out for Bangor pride parade and festival
- Auburn restaurant Lotus closed due to cockroach complaints
- Neglected horses rescued in New Hampshire
- Maine health care providers urge Sen. Susan Collins to oppose health care bill
- Election results unchanged following Wiscasset recount
- Stephen Colbert went to Russia to ‘announce’ his 2020 run for president
